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LI TER A ItY R I Ell'. ItIORE THOUGHTS STILL on the STATE of the WEST INDIA COLONIES, - and the Proceedings of the African Institution with Observations on the Speech of ..Lkinti Sri:int EN, E. at the Annual Meeting of that Society, he!d the 26th of Match', 1817, By JoST.PII MARRvAT, Esq. M. I'., Agent for Grenada.—Decipinm• specie recth limt• M. RICHARDSON, Cornhill; and Rtnn-cv.vrs, The respectable character of this author, and his peculiar knowledge and experience in the sub ject ufhts work, must necessarily excite!be attention of all who are interested in the prosperity of our Cdo:ial Dependencies. The Patrons and Support• ers oh the AFEICAN INSTITUTION are men who MC:111 well, but who seem to suffer the laudable invilse of humanity to overpower all the suggestions of political discretion. From a desire of extinguish ing %lavery all over the world' ? but particularly from a ze:il to effect the abolition - of . the SLAVE TRADE, they are 103 apt to precipitate measures, and, by indulging an enthusiastic zeal, run the Lazard of delaying the accomplishment of their favourite purpose. Slavery is doubtless a serious evil, and a disgrace to mankind, hut great caution guild be used in the attempt to annihilate it, leit a trec , dom too suddenly Obtained should produce licentiousness, disorder, and a dreadful wanton ness of power, totally repugnant to the necessary regulations of society. Hence the pursuits of in dustry_ may be checked, labour despised, and riotous excesses end in the most fatal events. The present work, as its title page imports, is chiefly intended as an - answer to the statements, and a refutation of the arguments, urged by Mr. ST E . TIiZN in the speech alluded to, and in pamphlets seritten by that Gentleman. Mr. MARRY AT exa „mines the proceedings. of those who support the Bill for the Registration of Slaves, animadverts on its nature, and points out the consequences.--; He gives a correct account of the late insurrection at l3arbadoes, and states its cause, lie reasons ..epou the probable effects of a sudden emancipa . floe, and illustrates his arguments by examples. --He proceeds to animadvert on the case Of Mr. HaTcnaen, who had been induced to publish the tenth Report of the African Institution, and was i - ecOmmended by the Directors to advise with Counsel on the subject, as they refused-to give op the author. Mr. hiARRYaT forcibly depicts the aggravated horrors of the Slave Trade, and the enormous expenses brought upon this country, as be conceives, by the inexperience or mistaken humanity of the African Institution. He next enquires into the effects of the Government esta blished in the newly British Colonies, pertictr laxly Trinidad, points out the mischiefs . which ' have arisen from the plans of the African Instite _tisane and finally describes the present state of.l the slates in the West Indian Colonies, suggest ina the means of amelioration.. As this author taleeS a comprehensive view of the subject, and connects hie arguments in consecutive order, we must refer our readers to the work itselt, • which is written with more temper than is gene rally found in works of a controversial nature, • particularly where the disputant conceives himself to have been assailed by unjost reflections and unfounded aspersions. - Io the course of the work the author touches upon the state of St. Domingo and Sierra Leone, on ohich lie affords muc h j ute _ restitig informatioue His account of Govei nor ELLIOT'S conduct respectiog St. Chaistophet's is very curious. But the fact respecting the House of Assembly of the Bahamas, and the conduct Of the ChieleJestice in discharging Mr. WILLY, the Attorney General, after lie had heen arrested on a warrant from that House, is still more extratodi nary. There is one passage which we shall ex tract, in order to amuse our readers, as it affords a specimen of unaffected humour. Referriog to the returns made to the of,the Registrar at Trinidad, Mr. MARIIYAT says, " Armed with these authorities, he (Mr. Stepheti) charges Mr. iTharyat, among other speculators, with having. stocked his estate there (Trioidad) with slaves from other islands ; and gives a eery pathetic detail of the mise ries which these innocent men and women have suffered, by being thus transported. On readirig this publication, Mr. Marryat was much surprized to find himself master of an estate in Trioidad ; being unconscious that he . waa now, or ever had been, possessed of any such property.; And of course equally so that he had stocked it by that creel Litid of removal; by which Mr. Ste phen asserts it to have been partly settled. The fact; however, being stated by such high autho rity, and with so much confidence, and being one respecting which no mistake, unless wilful, can possibly exist, he cannot but distrust the accu racy of his 'own recollection : and therefore calls upon Mr. Stephen to state in what quarter of the island this newly-discovered. estate lies, and . to ( t oni,b him with proper titles, that be - .May take possession of his property. If he does this, he will at once substantiate the truth of his assertion If lie does not, he cannot expect the public with pay munch credit to what he writes about peopling and onoeupling estates : for the mail who, (to use a phrase of his own), not being io search of truth but of detraction,' can hazard an absolute fiction for the purpose of calumniating another, maaafairly be presumed capable of hazarding more fictions, in order to justify himself or his cot- leagues." Upon - :the wh ale, this pamphlet deserves the attention of all the , real friends of humanity, as well as of the Merchant and the Statesman ; it forcibly inculcates. the propriety of duly weighing the probable consequences of measures before they are carried into execution, and the danger of re tardin.g one object, in the highest degree desir able, b too rapid attempts for its advancement. The stile is clear, unaffected, and impressive, INSI:RiIriCTION AT CEYLON. Onr Readers are already informed of the un pleasant fact of an In%urrection having taken place at Ctylon. The Ceylon Gazelle of the 4th of No vetnber communicates the following- interesting particulars of the death of the much-lamented Mr. WiLsoN on that nnforturtate occasion : (From the Ceylon Gazette, Nue. 4.) " Sympt l onis of insurrectiutti having been mani fested near the British Rusidence of Badula, where Mr. Wilson was chief, he put himself at the head of a military party of about thirty Malay and Cal free-soidiers, with which, and an Interpreter, he marched to the scene of commotion, a distance of many miles. He entered into conversation with the refractory Bandians, but finding he was unlik ly to succeed in his „object, he pre pared to return to Badula for a tat ger military force. A mysterfons stranger had been seen for some days before oboist the coutvry,' soppnsed to be a membpr of th e Ilte R o y a l Family, exciting insurrection with the design of regaining the Throne, anti the partizans of his cause were discovered to be more numerous than had been suspected. 111 r. Wilson to4k a different road back to Badula, supposing the country by which ire had advanced might be raised. against him. He and his party bad reached Stannewatee, when an armed party appeared and demandelllr 1 conference. Mr. Wilson, with the sameintrepidity 1 and humanity which he had -a few slays 4efort shown among - time Bandians, thinking accommo dation might be effected by (meaty rather than by the shedding-4)f blood, advanced to the invita tion ; but when within a few yards of the party, a volley of arrows was treacherously dis charged at hint, and Mr. Wil,mm, with one of his Lascoreens, fell. The loss of Mr. Wilson is very deeply lamen:ed, particolarly by General Brown rig ,l the Governor of the Island, as he hail -dis played great canicity and diligence in the dis charge of the duties of a very al &toils situation. He had developed the resources of the province, aid established the English antimority,"wi:h extra ordinary skill and success ; and his .death is felt to be a public misfortune. 'I bus, at .the of 28, a young man of the most brilliant talents, has fallen a victim to his -zeal in the public service, and-to the-humanity which prompted him to rea son with armed insurgents, instead of employing in the first instance the military means which he had at his disposal. The only consolatory circtunsiances in his lamented death are, that he was not subjected to any of those indignities or cruelties which have so frequently been employed upon Europeans who have fallen into the hands of the Bandians ; but that the first wound which he received was fatal. Mr; Wilson's brother, a Naval officer, was some time ago lost . in the Indian `Seas, off Prince of Wales's Islands, carry ing dispatches to the Adruiral in the Jasture sloop of war. Ills youngest brother in the Royal Artillery, now at Jamaica, distinguished himself at time battle of Waterloo, attached to the division, under General - Ficton." From the LONDON GAZETTn, MKT 2. PROMOTIONS. War-Office ? May I, 1318. itt Regiment of Dragoon Guards, Lieutenant and Adjutant Henry Hill, from the half-pay of the 23J Light Dragoons, to he Adjutant and Lieutenant, vice Thomas Barlow, who exchanges. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons, Cornet Richard Wright, from the hail-pay of the,2311 Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Montagu Harvey Grant, tvhn exchanges. Ist Regiment of Fo,,t, 'Captain Thomas Nlostie, from the half pay of the Regiment, to be Captain, vice William Gray,who exchanges. 12th Ditto, Lieutenant Morgan James Jenkins, from half-pay _ of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, ',dee James Powell, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 77th Ditto, Ensign 'V,u. Clarke, from half-pays of the llth Foot,•to lie Ensign. vice George Edward Francis, who ex changes, receiving the difference. 78th Ditto, Lieut. Donald E. M•Queeti, from the liall-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Jushua Gregory, who exchanges, receiving the difference. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Otho Hamilton Wemyss, from the half-pay of the 7th West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Edward Lcunan, who exchanges. Koval African Corps—Lieut. Thomas Cochran Hammill, f, on; the half pay of the late Nora Scotia Fencibles, to be Lieutenant, vice Abraham Odlum, who exchanges. BANKRI 7 PTCIES SUPERSEDED Richard Sandilands, Lower Grosvenor-phew, Pimlico, money- scrivener. Benjamin Bates Cowell, High-street, Shore(!itch, oilman. BANKRUPTS. J. Young, Gosport, Southampton, harness-maker, May 15, at one, 16, at eleven, and June 13, at one, at the Mitre Tavern, Portst a.. Attorney, Alien, Clifford's-Inn. J. Holden Westhromwich, Staffordshire, black buckle-maker, May 20, 21, and June 13, at twelve, at the Castle Inn, Bir mingham. Atturnies, Mes'rs. Anstice and Wright, • Temple. H. S. Man, Calcutta, dealer, May 9, 19, and June 13, at twelve, at Guil!lhall. Attorney, Mr. Drake, Old Fish- st rert, Doctors' Comm :ms. W. Halsted, Chichester, horn-draper, May 11,12, and June _l3, at eleven, at the. Wheat Sheaf I tin,:Chiehester. Attor nies, Messrs. Few, Ashmore and Hamilton, Covent-garden. I'. Simmons, Birmingham ' dealer, May 8, at six, 9, and June 13, at eleven, at the Ring's Head, Coventry. Attorney, Mr. J. Ptinlon, Wine. ()dice-court, Fleet-street. J. Hain%, Lungton, Lancashire, ernemou carrier, May 22, at five, 2:5, at one, and June 13, at five, at the Red Lion, Preston. Attornies, Messrs. Milne and Parry, Temple. J. Carmichael, Little Russell-street, Covent-garden, baker, May 16, 26, and June . 13, at one, at Guildhall. Attor nies, Messrs. Rogers and Sun, Manchester-buildings, West Minster. DIVIDENDS. May 2G,' W. Twitchin, Kingsclere, Southampton, maltster —May 26, C. Marsh, L. Deane, R. 'Wes/brook, sen. and H. 13. Deane, Reading, bankers—May -25, .3. Parry, Denbigh, draper — May 5, 'l'. Eastman, Clement's-lane, merchant— May 2d, W. Stepart, Deptford, victualler—May 2Q , It: Scot land, South Shields, ship owner—May '25, S. Welch, Church Minshull, Cheshire, Turk dealer. CERTIFICATES-M AY 23. A. Jacubb, London, shipsell.m - -J. Constantine, Crook-mill, Westmoreland, NL Robitisoo, West-house, Yorkshire, and A. Tyson, Crook-mill, flax-spinners—J. Peel!, Borough-market, potato::-ruerchant —W. T. Levens, Gutter-lane, ribbon-manu facturer—J. Carr, Sheffield, grocer—W. Horner, Mile-end, Hainpshire, grocer. Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed froM the Returns made in the Week ending the 29th day of April, is 495. ;W. per cwt. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—Last week a maiden lady, ❑pwards of 88 years of age, eloped from the town of Caistor with a gay widower, to to Gretna Green, and it is expected • will spend the ho►tey 'inoon at Doncaster. Nothing in tl►e whole history -of the Corps Dipolamatique,lepqd equal the negociaiion of ti►is affcctivnate snatch ! ! —(Stamford Paper) I3EWDLEY MISSIONARY SOCIETY. IVc copy the following Letter respecting the Be►vdley Missionary Society, as we find it to be of so much interest as to engage the' public atten- tion : " To the Editor of the Worcester Herald. " SlR,—The paragraph inserted in the Wor cester Journal of the 9th of April, evidently from the pen of the Rev. Patron of the Bewdley Mission ary Society, seems calculated to produce delusion, and therefore demands explanation. It states, that " the AnniverEary of the Irewdley Sunday School AssociAtion in aid of the Church Mission ary Society, was very respectably attended." Now it is distinctly denied, that it was," respectably attended," in the received and acknowledged ac ceptation of that term. And the public will - be enabled to im:ge how far " the state of Heathen countries, the duty and adsantages of promoting, and the motives and encouragements to engage iu, Missioris were stated and enforced with 4 strengili of argument, a soundness of judgment, and a vi vidness of real genius, that would have done ho nour to riper years," when they are informed that these enlightened mastert.of flicology are school boys under the tuition of this Rev. ['wroth " The young - gentleman, who is reported to have been an " eye witness " of Indian cruelty and superstition, and whose interesting detail was so " peculiarly affecting " as to melt the tender hearts of the audience, is also a school-hoy, about • 14 or 15 years of age; and is known to have left that country many years ago; but, doubtless, he had well rehearsed the part he was, to act in this tragical farce. " Some idea may also be fortlied of the do (pence and argument displayed in the " admira ble defence of penny subscriptions, Made by ah individual whose native talents throw a lustre on the obscurity of his,station in society," when it is announced that this nameless lurninary, who so distinguished himself by his penny speech, is nei ther more nor less than a Journeyman Copper smith." All reference to the excellent Protest by the ArchdeacOn of Bath would have been .waved, had not ►he Reverend Patron, in his Address to this Assembly, thought proper to attack that dignified Clergyman ; and, in his own native and sublime imagery, gravely to add, that " he would recom mend the Archdeacon to compose himself with a little of the American Soothing Syrup, and if that would not do,. to take a dose of Godfrey's Cor dial." " It is extraordinary th - at this Meeting is balled the Sunday School Association in Aid of the Church Missionary Society. The collections and donations .foy the Bewdley Sunday School are no way connected with this Missionary Society, and although received - by the Rev. Patron of the latter, h 6 htts - nyver condescended to lay before the con tributors any account of the expenditure. Not.so the Btu-tiler-Charity School, in which 30 boys and 30 girls are yearly clothed • and educated. The Treasurer's accounts of the 'Teel - fit - S .- and - payments are regulatly examined and audited, and printed copies distributed agreeably to the invariable practice of such institutions in all other places. " Zvaley, 1918 ." ••••••.011 FATAL DUEL. (Fnrther Particulars) EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CAEN. An occurrence has within these few days taken place here which has created a great sensation in the town, and a considet able degree of inquietude to the English inhabitants, from the unprovoked aggression of a set of persons in this'town, wlrece, from their want of occupation it 19 difficult to cha racterize, but whose characters are not unknown.. It has of late been their custom' to insult the Eng lish by words and gestures, wherever they•met them : our countrymen have borne this conduct With much forbearance. A late fatal instance, in which one of these aggressors has paid the for-. felt of his life, will, it is hoped, put a period to this Unprecedented conduct.' Mr. Charles Pickford; son of Captain Pickford, of the navy, on returning to his father's house about three o'clock on the 18th ult., was met•by one of these persons, who, without any provoca tion on his part, was assaulted by the most abusive language, and in order to make him sensible of the affront, was tapped on the :boulder, and asked if he understood what the attack meant ; to which Mr. Pickford replied, he understood him well, and would take notice of it in another place. A meet in. was arranged for the following morning, when Mr. Pickford attended, accompanied by Lieut. Morgan, of the navy. I t was proposed by the second of Mr. Pickford's antagonist, ►hat one pistol only should be loaded, which was reluc tantly complied with on the part of Mr. Pick ford, and the antagonist of Mr. Pickford bad his choice of the pistols ; they stood at four paces. Mr. Pickford expressed his regret at being obliged to,tneet a person to whom he was an utter stranger, and whom he had never offended, and signified that he should be satisfied if an apo logy was made ; this was refused ; on the signal being given Mr. Pickford's antagonist fell dead. The second of Mr. Pickford's antagonist, on seeing his friend fall, ran and seized the pistol of the de ceased, and struck 'Mr. Pickford, using.reproach ful and injurious expressions, saying, that one- or the other should not leave the place alive, and in sisted on Mr. Pickford fighting hint, to which Mr. Pickford - reluctantly consented, provided he produced a second ; he left the giOund for that purpose. Mr. Pickford waiting an hour, and this person not returning, he retired. This spirited and decisive conduct of so young a Mali as Mr. Pickford, a lad of 19 years of age, has excited the admiration of his countrymen, as .well.as the re spectable inhabitants of Caen. It is ardently to be desired that the melancholy termination of this affair, and the steps taken by the magistracy, may have the good effect of put ting down that inimical spirit which has so often lately manifested itself. CAT RAC.E..--MHER, the Clown, engaged for the Coburg Theatre, had nridertaken to drive his tom-cats, in a vehicle of his invention, 600 yards in ten minutes. He commenced from the south end 01 Waterloo Bridg, and made the cats per form the task three witiutes within the time. . LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KINGS BENCH, MAY 2. DISTURBING A DISSENTING CdNGREGAT I O C The Rev. Wm. Easton, Jas. Gerrard, Ric har Randall, and six other persons, were brought ti to receive the Judgment of the Court, having ble a r convicted before Mr. Justice. HOLROYD, at to f late Assizes for Wiltshire, o f a riot on fhe 3lst ; l - ,e, December, ISI6, at the parish - of Anstey, In 1,, e , county of IVilts. The Le a rn e d Judge rea d t" d notes taken at the trial, from which it appea r ., e ot '' that on the evening in q ues ti o n a congreg Btl oo of Dissenters having assembled to perform (01'14 worship, at a cottage in the .village, which c vti o , t ; regularly licensed by the Bishop, a numb e r o t, persons, of contrary religious opinions' lected round the house, and commenced " an g • ing, singing,• whistling, blowing cow-LW:iv; shaking sheep-hells, and making various noiaes', the great annoyance and interruption of the co; e gregation within, and that the defendants " P i t o amongst the persons assembled, and behaving riotously ; Mr. Easton being the perpetual cui n g of Anstey, and M ' Mfr. Gerrard a farmer re s there, and constable of the village. Affidavits in mitigon t in l . The Court, afterati heatinwere put g counse, senten c . e4 Mr. Easton to pay a fine of 51., and find sec uri l in 1001. for three years. Gerrard to pay a 61 A le t he 101., and find the-same security. arndal l tor ir i i g other six defendants to ay. a fine of- one 11 ' .. 4 1 04 each, and to find, security for three years in each ; which they did, and were discoarged• EXTRAORDINARY FRACAS. ___,___,,„.„.........._ COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE —Oll Major, an Officer of the Sou:k Ametican r‘ ri t, l ; was brought up to Bow-street Office 0 1 " 11 ,7; vent-Garden Watch-bouse, and tx.tintt"'o tie Sir N. CONANT, Oil a charge 4)t :4SSJ ,, I: I "g i $ Lambe, Esq. and presenting a pair or 1. , 4' 11 ' t e tols at him, for the purpose of incititig 11 ' 111 fight a duel, on Friday night last. .J i t The complainant stated, tha on FritlaY n'rei he was escorting a Lady from one 0 ; tot' b n • i s et• Satnrki I: at Covent-Garden - Theatre, whet, the pri'; - , 1 a came up to them, and addressed the Lady - ( bis rude manner. ' He immediately asked he r ", t rid prisoner was any acquaintance, 00d she ansr", to in the negative. Witness then desired 1 " 11 ; 1 4, walk on, bat he refused, and insisted 01 1 " ase dressing the Lady, at the same time t oaki"g, io d, of very threatening language. Witness Pr°, f i l e his card, offering him satisfaction, pv00(41'11)4 would desist, which seemed t o satisfy hull i f iris moment ; but, as witness was going do" l i lell , the prisoner suddenly struck hint with a— , e ol l and felled him to the ground, by which 'cot of his teeth were loosened. The prisotteir ;in, beating him for sonic time after he wa s f dr ill' and then put his hand to his pocket, 3 ',.'" hick out a pair of small pocket pist o ls, one or W ( a t he presented at witness, but as he was V i A n t s bel he thought) to pull the trigger, w i t ness " -- do p to the pistol aside with his band, and ran lobby. The company had nearly all„ let{ ibe. • Theatre at the time. 1 th e Churchill, a box-keeper, cot roboratel• 1 o n s greater part of this statement, and prod nct „ i thc of the pistols, which was loaded ; DonAdw" constable, brought the other. egg' The Magistrate ordered the prisoner to J e witted till he found good bail, that he had a communication to make to I" . „ 1W• and that be teas offended by her calling 0. 4 Lambe to ptotect her from " that j ell ' ) (Morning Paper.) vristitieri:4,ly, .411 G SURPRISING INSTANCI ofJUVENILRC° I7 A little girl, aged eleven, being alone " I ' l l - 4 0 1 brother, a child of seven years old, in aw o wo lf the village of Monti's/stir:on (Coe d'Or) a 1 0 al suddenly sprung upon the boy. The gir l s 4 . 1 , 4 r 0ci' courage above her age and sex, fell opou ' he 'd ous animal, and by her perseveranee ol)lig i e- i t b : to forego his prey. The wolf, as if iima zeL , t boldness of the action, stared for . sont e , the two Children, with open mouth, and t i t,f The Under Secretary of State, infortne" i,jefec• miuk of courage its oue so , youn'g by th e I ,le of the Department, ordered a con;nlel3--chil' ward to be presented to the little Doucerets,if is the name of the young beroine.-- - 0 11111 Paris.) sao •P Singrilar Punishment of Feinales t 'lwo girls of the town, for being dfu l ' i orderly in the streets of Leeds, were place(!boa• r" public stocks, near the Court-house, for s ilc „,bl4 4 , by order of the Magistrates ! A large osseecod` of people was collected to view this novel 5 1 ) " and wholesome punishment. The late Lieut. WINTON, w ho wa s .1 from his Exmo uth ' horse and killed, at Exmou (1001• .' after the interment of his father (the Ilnefor" WINTON) , lost a sister, by death, a wee. " in the 31st year of her age, -rt r idge On Sunday morning sennight, k mi. We ill? ' down, in consequence of the damage 5u, 5 ,.0f , 1 the late flood.—When it began to g i ts v ; Ue man was in the act of passin.• over, 1 1 ' 1 ' 1- cle b time to retreat, and ' thus providential e 9 unhurt. V . ; If Wife a.. 1 BIRTHS On the 24th ult. of- a daughter, Mrs. Wr• •• -` 13 ,1 air° Mr. Vidal, Surgeon, Richmond-buildings, 6, v il e ( 111 r. Jesse Foot. On the 16th ult. at Stockholm of a son and hei r, bli ss's tess Strangford, Lady of his Britannic Majesti s I": 7 at that Court. c f $0; e 0 MARRIED. 0 - n the 2d May, at Kensington, Gerard de Insole , e la Bryanstott-street, Portman-s ulre to VIVI daughter of Major Torriano, of q Ke:isington-square,El job On Saturday,. May 2, at Waltbamctow,. 111r.Levi''' • Chaumette, to Miss Sibella Wilkinson. rim) •theli filially/ On the 13th of January last, * on board , i Est Indiaman, and soon after leaving Bengal , Wil'diu'OP ft. Esq. a partner in the house of Mes srs.- Pahuer an i ii Calcutta. his I h( 051 On-Friday evening, about seven o'clock, at Cumberland-place, the Hon: John I/ glas. ot, ______.... __s.._.___ c~ A c a 6 ( A , LONDON: Printed by 3. CARSTAIRS, of Sa•!'"ifif:''' Ormond-street, Queen-square; and Published •4,T0).7c0, SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Alolton-strect, at Office, No. tie, Strand ; fuchere Advertise►cents' Letters, &c. ntu.tt be add r essed.